{"id":260,"date":"2008-01-19T08:15:50","date_gmt":"2008-01-19T12:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=260"},"modified":"2008-01-19T08:15:50","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T12:15:50","slug":"debatabull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Debatabull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.,<\/em> The immense sense of self-satisfaction the one gets from winning a pointless argument.  <em>v. tr.,<\/em> To be so addicted to proving yourself right that you argue compulsively, and endlessly,  about anything and everything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/point.gif\" alt=\"See! See! I was right, wasn't I!\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Debatabull<\/strong>:  \/<em>dee-bate-a-bull<\/em>\/ He was so inflated by his need to be confrontational that he would even argue with the cat. Even the time of day was debatabull. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  debatable + bull**** <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Debatabull:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-11: 13:43:00<\/em><br \/>\nShort and right on the definition!  Kudos for this creation!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-13: 04:08:00<\/em><br \/>\nSounds like a bit of unidebatabullology &#8211; and catty, too! Good word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Argumentalcase<\/strong>:  \/<em>ar-gu-MEN-tal-case<\/em>\/ I lived with an argumentalcase who was so convinced that London was a dangerous city that I shot her. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Argumental + mental case <em>Created by:<\/em> sharktrager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pettisessive<\/strong>:  \/<em>pet-ti-sess-ive<\/em>\/ Jack is pettisessive. He must be right about everything he says and will argue his point no matter how silly it is until you give up. Then he will cheer for himself and dance around. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  pettifog (argue) + petty (trival) + obsessive <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Pettisessive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-13: 04:11:00<\/em><br \/>\nGood word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Argurrhea<\/strong>:  \/<em>ahr-gyoo-REE-uh<\/em>\/ &#8220;There&#8217;s no word in the English language to describe that bastard&#8217;s bavardage. But a good start would be yakkety-hack, egorrhea, argurrhea&#8230;.&#8221; yelled Roxie&#8217;s father, an avid verbotomist, who could no longer tolerate Bob&#8217;s bodacious and eristic ways. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8220;ARGU&#8221; of argumentive &amp; &#8220;RRHEA&#8221; of logorrhea, diarrhea. 2. Bastard &#8211; strictly &#8220;OZ&#8221; usage. <em>Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Argurrhea:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-11: 10:37:00<\/em><br \/>\nvery useful word<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-11: 12:57:00<\/em><br \/>\nClever!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=point\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=point<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Verbotomy\">Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-01-11: 00:01:00<\/em><br \/>\nToday&#8217;s definition was suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=MithrilShadow\"><strong>MithrilShadow<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you MithrilShadow. ~ James<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-01-11: 14:41:00<\/em><br \/>\nWhat a fun definition.  It certainly generated some fun and funny creations!  Thanks MithrilShadow!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-01-11: 14:44:00<\/em><br \/>\nJames &#8230; that&#8217;s some finger sandwish he&#8217;s making in your cartoon! Wonder how many people noticed it like me and went &#8230; Ouch! Yuk! As Dr. Phil would ask &#8230; &#8220;What were you thinking?&#8221; (chuckle)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Verbotomy\">Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-01-13: 18:01:00<\/em><br \/>\nThanks for the positive comments Silveryaspen. I&#8217;m glad that you got my point! ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n., The immense sense of self-satisfaction the one gets from winning a pointless argument. v. tr., To be so addicted to proving yourself right that you argue compulsively, and endlessly, about anything and everything. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Debatabull: \/dee-bate-a-bull\/ He was so inflated by his need to be confrontational &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=260\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Debatabull<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[90,92,93,89,91,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}